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Music History
Music in the Renaissance
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Undergraduate 1
03/23/2021
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cyclic mass
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Mass Ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei) that shared a common musical theme in each movement (usually a cantus firmus), thus making it a unified whole.
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Renaissance
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covers the time from c.1400 – 1600.

The word “Renaissance” is a French term meaning “rebirth”. It is used to describe an age of new discoveries and exploration from c.1400-1600.
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Secular Music
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Secular music in the early Renaissance was very dependent upon the courts, which could finance and support musicians. Secular songs, such as the chanson, the madrigal and the German Lied (pronounced “Leed”) were very popular.
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Guillaume Du Fay (1397-1474)
 Definition
Wrote music for church based on existing Gregorian chant.
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